Orange heads of state

Heads of State with / without faces & crowns on stamps – part 2

Written in: Dutch • redactie • October 28, 2020

As argued in the previous article, the functioning of the monarchy in our country has been subject to legal changes. Little remains of the centrifugal power, authority, and influence of the head of state. All that remains now is...

Heads of State with/without faces & crowns on stamps – part 1

Written in: Dutch • redactie • October 25, 2020

In the 245th auction catalogue of the Corinphila Auctions from September 24 to 26, 2020, an informative text by Queen Juliana is included with lot 1893, a green 10 cent Queen 'Juliana-with-crown' (en face): “This design was personally... by Queen Juliana...”

Crystal Clark over before the NVPH Netherlands catalogue: My daughter and I are just starting out collecting stamps. We would love a catalog.

Bate Hijlkema over Uitgifte 2014: Augarten Porcelain – Vienna Rose: Does the method of cancelling the stamp correspond to the Ceramic stamp of our country?

Otto over 1000th Freestamp Magazine: The Treasure Chamber: Thanks for the many blogs over the past years. I’ve learned a lot from them and visited many museums as a result. A history lesson via stamps. Brilliant…

S Cooper over William John Caparne, irises and art: Hello Barbara. I too am a Caparn descendent on my mother's side. My brother and I own several watercolours too ! Am very proud of his contri…

Ramon over PostNL souvenir edition: It is particularly annoying that this is being sent without consultation. On the other hand, every hobby costs money, and ours is no different. I vi…

Lars over PostNL souvenir edition: You could still stick that Austrian stamp on a registered letter. PostNL could have made a stamp for registered mail out of it as well…